Al Ajnab
Hillat al-Ajnab was a quarter and a douar within the city walls in the erstwhile fortress-city of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, located in the northeastern corner of the walled town.
Hillat al-Ajnab was a quarter and a douar within the city walls in the erstwhile fortress-city of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, located in the northeastern corner of the walled town. It was situated east of Masmak Fortress, at the entrance of Bab al-Thumairi. The ruins of the settlement today include most of Souq al-Suweigah in the ad-Dirah neighborhood and its name was derived from al-ājānib, the Arabic word for outsiders as most of its residents where foreigners who were given accommodation as guests or advisors of King Abdulaziz ibn Saud, such as John Philby and Muhammad Asad.
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Worth seeing in and around Al Ajnab
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Masmak Fort
Al Masmak Palace, also called the Masmak Fortress or Masmak Fort, is a historic clay and mudbrick fort in the ad-Dirah neighborhood of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, located in close proximity to the al-Hukm Palace in the Qasr al-Hukm District. Commissioned in 1865 by Abdullah bin Faisal Al Saud, it was completed in 1895 following the takeover of the town by the Rashidi dynasty.
100 m · clay and mud-brick fort in the center of Riyadh · Wikipedia - 02Al Oud cemetery
Al Oud Cemetery is a public cemetery in the al-Owd neighbourhood of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, known for being the resting place of several members of the Saudi royal family. The word "al-ʿŪud", in Peninsular Arabic means "elder ", likely referring to King Abdulaziz, who was buried in the cemetery.
1.7 km · cemetery in Saudi Arabia · Wikipedia - 03Murabba Palace
Murabba Palace is a historic palace in the al-Murabba neighborhood of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, located in the King Abdulaziz Historical Center. One of the first buildings erected outside the walls of the old city, it served as the official workplace and main residence of King Abdulaziz ibn Saud from 1938 until his death in 1953.
1.7 km · historic building in Riyadh · Wikipedia - 04Riyadh TV Tower
The Riyadh TV Tower is a 170-metre-high television tower in the Al-Wisham neighborhood of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Construction began in 1975 and was completed in 1982.
2.3 km · tower in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia · Wikipedia - 05Imam Turki bin Abdullah Mosque
The Imam Turki bin Abdullah Grand Mosque, also known as the Grand Mosque of Riyadh, is a Sunni Islam Friday mosque in the ad-Dirah neighborhood of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, located adjacent to al-Hukm Palace compound, in Deera Square. It was established in the period c. 1830, during the reign of Turki bin Abdullah Al Saud.
400 m · Mosque in Riyadh · Wikipedia - 06Riyadh Water Tower
Riyadh Water Tower, locally known as Burj al-Khazzaan or simply al-Khazzaan, is a 61-meters tall conical-shaped cylindrical water tower and a prominent cultural landmark in the al-Futah neighborhood of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Designed by Swedish architect Sune Lindström and modeled after the Svampen water tower in Örebro, Sweden, it was the tallest structure in the country at the time of its inauguration in 1971 and is today located within the precincts of al-Watan Park in the King Abdulaziz Historical Center.
1.5 km · water tower in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia · Wikipedia - 07Hareeq Dam
Hareeq Dam is a dam in Saudi Arabia opened in 1984 and located in Al-Hariq Governorate.
100 m · dam in Riyadh · Wikipedia - 08King Abdulaziz Mosque
King Abdulaziz Mosque, is a historic Friday mosque in the al-Murabba neighborhood of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, located next to the Murabba Palace compound and the National Museum Park in the King Abdulaziz Historical Center. Covering an area of 5540 square meters, it was first built around the 1940s, corresponding with the construction of Murabba Palace.
1.6 km · Mosque in al-Murabba, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia · Wikipedia - 09SAMA Money Museum
SAMA Money Museum, simply shortened to the Currency Museum, is a currency museum in the al-Mutamarat neighborhood of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, located in the compound of the head office of the Saudi Central Bank. Established in the 1990s, the museum is dedicated to exhibiting the country's history of currency use, including coins from medieval and pre-Islamic periods.
1.3 km · currency museum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia · Wikipedia - 10Haeer dam
Haeer Dam is a dam in Saudi Arabia opened in 1976 and located in Riyadh Province.
100 m · dam in Riyadh · Wikipedia
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Getting to Al Ajnab
- Airports
- King Khalid (RUH), 36 km · Al-Ahsa (HOF), 289 km
- Stations
- Riyadh railway station, 3.4 km · Riyadh Dry Port, 3.5 km
- Hofuf → Al Ajnab1371 km · quickest by air, 14h 37m · SAR1,030–1,540
- Qassim → Al Ajnab1279 km · quickest by air, 14h 6m · SAR990–1,490
- Ad Dammam → Al Ajnab1472 km · quickest by air, 14h 2m · SAR1,080–1,620
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No local-transport research exists yet for Al Ajnab
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Al Ajnab. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundFlat-fare minibuses (SR3) rumble the streets of Riyadh, but these are mostly used by laborers.
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Al Ajnab is 6 km from Riyadh, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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